I have to be honest, I didn’t want to write this article. It’s such a touchy subject but the more I looked into it the more I realized that it is something we SHOULD talk about. I promise that I’m not going to make jokes. In fact, I’m going to cut and paste most of the article and cite/link as much as possible. I’ll offer my opinion in the end and I welcome your thoughts as well.

Where do I begin? The first thing I did was ask Google who was the smartest race. And apparently the entire Internet universe thinks Asians are the smartest.

Ask any kid in grade school, and s/he will probably tell you that the smartest person in their class is an Asian. Why is this? Are Asians just naturally smart? Is that another piece of evidence proving that America deserves its place as the 17th smartest country in the world?

I’m not Asian but I have to wonder if Asians are the smartest race. They established advanced civilizations long before the whites, and are now the economically strongest civilization in the world. N****s is always good at math and shit too. Thoughts?

The smartestrace in the world, they fall into many categories for example, you have smart nerdy asian, dumbass cool asian, and normal asians. They all have 5 ninja death stars strapped to their belt buckles, and they all have samurai swords strapped to their back. They can whip out the sword in 0.3738921 seconds and cut your stupid fucking head off. Not to be fucked with.

Most surprising of all, even the openly racist websites say that Asians are pretty much the smartest race. Warning, this is very very very offensive in so many ways. (I would offer the link but I don’t want to give them any more traffic.)

I guess we all agree here that races differ from one another. However, they differ in many different ways. For example, blacks are better speed runners than whites due to a larger proportion of fast-twitch muscles, while we (whites) are better adapted to high latitudes.

However, the attribute that most separates humans from animals is intelligence. Our concept of master race must therefore coincide with it when performing any calculation of superiority, and intelligent people of all races (individual blacks may possess high IQ, although they are a lower proportion of the general population that whites of similar IQ) should be actively encouraged to breed, at the expense of the stupid.

Richard Lynn and others have proved that while blacks have an average IQ of 75-85, whites have about 95-100. But East Asians have an average IQ of about 105, while Ashkenazi Jews are at about 110 (not surprising, given the disproportionate amount of Nobel prizes and scientific discoveries by Ashkenazim)

According to this line of thought, the Holocaust might have actually been the very destruction of the master race that Hitler desired. A bitter irony that should teach us the importance of rigorous science as opposed to wishful thinking, self-serving bias (saying that our own race is the one superior without clear evidence) and envy of the accomplishments of genetically superior people.

So my question is this: why is everyone so white-centric around here? The hierarchy of racial superiority over here should look like this:

The connection between race and intelligence has been a subject of debate in both popular science and academic research before the inception of intelligence testing in the early 20th century, particularly in the United States. In earlier periods, scholars thought they had numerous ways to detect differences in intelligence, including measuring the skulls of individuals. There is no consensus on either the social constructs of race or intelligence in academia. Discussions of their relationship draws from multiple disciplines, including biology, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.

Needless to say, the question of race and intelligence is controversial and there has been some really bad things that have come of it:

Claims of races having different intelligence were used to justify colonialism, slavery, social darwinism, and racial eugenics. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, group differences in intelligence were assumed to be due to race and, apart from intelligence tests, research relied on measurements such as brain size or reaction times. The first IQ test was created between 1905 and 1908 and revised in 1916 (the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales). Alfred Binet, the developer of these tests, warned that these should not be used to measure innate intelligence or to label individuals.[7] However, at the time there was great concern in the United States about the abilities and skills of recent immigrants

Smarter people than myself (like the American Anthropological Association, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, UNESCO, and the American Psychological Association) have concluded that there is no “innate differences in metal capacity between the races.”

So why do people think that Asians are the smartest? For most people, they just believe the stereotype or have known smart Asians at school but I was surprised to find a study that concluded that Asian American indeed had the highest IQ.

The IQ distributions of other racial and ethnic groups in the United States are less well-studied. The Bell Curve (1994) stated that the average IQ African Americans was 85; Latino 89; White 103; Asian 106; and Jews 113. Asians score relatively higher on visuospatial than on verbal subtests. The few Amerindian populations that have been systematically tested, including Arctic Natives, tend to score worse on average than white populations but better on average than black populations.[61]

Some other researches tested people outside the United States/Europe and apparently found similar results:

“…some researchers have attempted to measure IQ variation in a global context. Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen reviewed worldwide IQ testing and in the books IQ and the Wealth of Nations (2002) and IQ and Global Inequality (2006) estimated the average national IQs of the countries of the world.[67][68] In his 2006 book Race Differences in Intelligence Lynn adopted the ten-category classification scheme of human genetic variation introduced in The History and Geography of Human Genes by Luigi Cavalli-Sforza and colleagues. Lynn argues that mean IQ varies by genetic clusters, or “race”. According to his calculations, the East Asian cluster (Chinese, Japanese and Koreans) has the highest mean IQ at 105, followed by Europeans (100), Inuit-Eskimos (91), South East Asians (87), Native American Indians (87), Pacific Islanders (85), South Asians & North Africans (84), sub-Saharan Africans (67), Australian Aborigines (62), and Kalahari Bushmen & Congo Pygmies (54).[5][69]

I think that all these “intelligence tests” should be taken with a grain of salt:

Numerous factors that could influence the development of intelligence have been advanced as possible causes of the racial IQ gaps. It is generally agreed that both genetics and environmental and/or cultural factors affect individual IQ scores, but while part of the difference between groups is caused by environmental factors, some researchers argue it is not yet known whether another part of the difference can be attributed to hereditary factors.[3] Others argue that the evidence supports an all-environmental explanation.[4] A third position is that the evidence supports a partial-genetic explanation.[5] A fourth position holds that IQ does not exist, that it is a socially constructed concept, and that the source of the difference resides in the nature of the tests, which favor particular ethnic and linguistic groups.[6]

But why the different scores between the racial groups? Here is an explanation that made a lot of sense to me:

Stereotype threat is the fear that one’s behavior will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which one identifies; this fear may in turn lead to an impairment of performance.[90] Testing situations that highlight the fact that intelligence is being measured tend to lower the scores of individuals from racial-ethnic groups that already score lower on average. Stereotype threat conditions cause larger than expected IQ differences among groups but do not explain the gaps found in non-threatening test conditions.

A lot of people have come up with “theories” as to why Asians scored so high on the IQ tests. Here are some of the most popular explanations:

Complex logographic writing systems have been proposed as an explanation for the higher visuospatial IQ scores of East Asians. Critics argue that the causation may be reversed with higher visuospatial ability causing the development of pictorial symbols in writing rather than alphabetic ones. Another argument is that East Asians adopted at birth also score high on IQ tests. Similar relatively higher visuospatial abilities are also found among Inuit and American Indians whose ancestors migrated from East Asia to the Americas.[109][110][111] Korean Hangul is not logographic.

Several studies have reported that races overlap significantly in brain size but differ in average brain size. The magnitude of these differences varies depending on the particular study and the methods used. In general, these studies have reported that East Asians have on average a larger brain size than whites who have on average a larger brain size than blacks

In his monograph on Asian Americans and IQ, Flynn claims that Chinese Americans’ occupational achievements well exceed their IQ. He argues that the best explanation for this is environmental, and is due to such things as education, work ethic, and family values. Flynn also argues that the Asian-American dominance in math has been in spite of their IQ, not because of it (Gladwell 2008: 231n). In chapter eight of Outliers: the Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell presents the case that the main cultural factors that explain Asian dominance in math are rooted in the history of rice growing and the way numbers are named, written, and conceived.

So are Asians really the smartest race? I believe that saying that one race is smarter than any other is ignorant. I’ve known smart Asian American and not so smart Asian Americans. I can say the same thing about every type of person I have ever come into contact with. I am inclined to believe that intelligence is based on a combination of genetics and environment, not to mention other factors that would be impossible to quantify.

Most worrisome to me is what affects this debate has on our society. The conversation tends to reinforce stereotypes and justify institutional and societal racism. I hope we can eventually get to a day when we can be seen not as a homogeneous group but as individuals.

I’ve told some Asian American friends that I was working on this article. Lots of them asked me why it was a bad thing that people thought Asians were the smartest. There isn’t an easy answer because seemingly people thinking Asians are smart is a good thing, right? Wrong.

The model minority myth hurts Asian Americans themselves. It is two-faced. Every attractive trait matches up neatly to its repulsive complement, and the aspects are conducive to reversal. If we acquiesced to the myth in its favorable guise, we would be precluded from rejecting its unfavorable interpretation. We would already have accepted the characteristics at issue as inherent. The turnaround is inevitable during a military crisis or economic downturn. To be intelligent is to be calculating and too clever; to be gifted in math and science is to be mechanical and not creative, lacking interpersonal skills and leadership potential. To be polite is to be inscrutable and submissive. To be hard working is to be an unfair competitor for regular human beings, and not a well-rounded, likable individual. To be family oriented is to be clannish and too ethnic. To be law abiding is to be self-righteous and rigidly rule bound. To be successfully entrepreneurial is to be deviously aggressive and economically intimidating. To revere elders is to be an ancestor-worshipping pagan, and fidelity to tradition is reactionary ignorance. (Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, page 67)

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jews (hebrews) are the smartest. indians (south asians) are pretty smart too. east asians are only average when it comes to intelligence, and white people are stupid. I love how you leave the hebrew (jewish) people and out of the debate. hebrew males like jesus (historicly the greatest rabbi ever) and einstein (arguably the smartest man ever) are great examples of super human thinkers. I know most people don’t like to read books anymore.. but maybe you should read a book called the bell curve. in this book comprehensive iq tests were given to many races. unlike this biased websites that only compares a few of the lower intelligence races.

There is no such thing as a “smartest race,” it’s in the cultural learning or cultural expectations for a given society. If we take children from each “race” and rear them in a controlled environment with the same expectations and resources, guess what happens? They will all perform about the same. The slight variations produced would be due to personal temperament and personality – not race. It’s all about cultural, societal and familial expectations, religious constriction/pressures, and resources. “Race” has nothing to do with it at all.

The “appearance” of Asians as being “smarter” and doing well in schools in the US is because of parental expectations and environmental control. Remove that, and they perform as well or as poorly, relatively speaking, as everyone else. This “smart Asian” anecdotal “evidence” that people keep citing is a sociological observation, not a biological one. Wake up, people.

TheSpeakerOfTruth

Wrong. The average Ashkenazi Jew has 102 IQ. The average Zhejiang/Shanghai Chinese has 115-116. Get over it. If you were so smart, why do you have barely any land? Chinese people used their intelligence to create an empire by mostly ethnical means. Jews just steal money from others via banking and sick media.

ALPHABOY

I DARE YOU TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH STEREOTYPES AT ALL?
STEREOTYPES EXIST FOR A REASON: OBSERVATION, THEY COME FROM
OBSERVING REALITY.
THEY ARE NOT TRUE 100% OF THE TIME, ONLY ABOUT 98% OF THE TIME.
NOT ALL THE JAPANESE ARE POLITE? VIRTUALLY ALL ARE.
AREN’T THE CHINESE INCREDIBLY HARD-WORKING? YES, NEARLY ALL ARE.
AREN’T BRAZILIAN BOYS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOTBALL? INDEED, THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM ARE.
AREN’T WOMEN SELFISH, SHALLOW & MANIPULATIVE? YES, MOST ARE

Jefferson

No naturally blond haired Blacks either. So by your logic, Blacks must be the smartest race on the planet.

Waya Wannano

Couldn’t we just test this by taking a bunch of 4 yr olds and seeing which ones learn faster. Wouldn’t that prove something?

Waya Wannano

This was obviously a fake comment by a butt hurt Latino, so sad

Jessie

As for Ashkenazi intelligence, have their high scores been validated in recent times? 50% of them are constantly marrying out. We now have data showing that interracial couples have children with IQs on average that are at the midpoint of their parents’ racial averages.

Combine that with the knowledge that children’s IQ regresses towards that mean, maintaining only 60% of their parents IQ, it’s possible that small unique groups such as Ashkenazi Jews were a skewed sample.

For example, there are two independent tests showing Korean adoptees in both the USA and Belgium tested for IQ scores at 117 and 118 respectively. Now that’s clearly extremely high, showing the impact of Western parenting.

Now we never take that data as being representative of Koreans’ or East Asians’ IQ. However, we have seen East Asians’ IQ rise over the decades, most likely due to improvements in childhood nutrition.

We haven’t seen this in Ashkenazi Jews. If anything, we’ve seen their scores regress. Were the original tested group merely those with superior IQs that survived during a time of tragic genocide? Did they tend to have a disproportionate amount of upper middle class upbringings? Have their children regressed to a lower genetic mean than originally tested for? We don’t know.

Either way, it’s most likely that either India or China has the most geniuses. We don’t know have enough information yet about either population, but given what we do know those two countries seem certain to dwarf the USA in human intellectual capital.

It’s imperative for our country to bring in as many high quality immigrants as we can, so we can remain a formidable nation in the 21st century.

Jessie

Here’s a Harvard study that did just that. On page 35, you’ll see a simple chart.

They studied 9 month olds, 4 year olds, and 7 year olds. It’s unclear at 9 months that there is any noticeable difference, but the racial IQ difference is unmistakable for 4 year olds. Draw your own conclusions about nature vs nurture.

Studies show that Japanese, South Korean and Sigaporeans have high IQs. The Chinese IQ scores much lower than most of central Europe. When people say East Asian they mean basically Japanese. The countries with the highest IQ’s are Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and they are all pretty close. This is mostly a reflection of “studiousness” and not a reflection of innate intellectual ability. Whites and Asians have about the same intellectual potential if they apply themselves in the same ways.

Merrimacke

This is incorrect, as there were tests were someone participated in there own groups, and scored low still. When it comes to the Negroes’ US history, there are races that had it worse, for much longer, and still have higher IQs (Ashkenazi Jews); likewise there are groups without as much negative history that score lower (Australoids, and Hottentots I think). When is come to privileges, class and the environment has little to nothing to do with this, as the IQ score stays consistent. Lastly there is a difference in the behaviors of a Euro child with the IQ of 80 with a Negro child scoring the same. Whether this means having a higher IQ is better or not, I do not know, but these are things we cannot ignore, even if it’s bitter…However, if it is bad, perhaps someday, science could fix this?
Height also plays a factor in IQ.
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I agree with the penis size thing though. These traits are passed down to females as well, and so anyone boasting about penises does not know much about it. A car fits in a garage, and a train fits in a tunnel. And yes, men do commit infidelity on there wives because they can’t go all the way in.

Merrimacke

Don’t you think you take things a bit too personally? And this isn’t saying there aren’t any genius Negroes, or any other group that’s on the lower side (like the Australoids). It’s about averages.

Merrimacke

I doubt it. The Old Testament says they are a special people, God’s, even the secular Jews agree. I heard that even in the past they were seen as smart.

Raneir Fohnob

Why do children of East Asians and Caucasians look like white kids with Down’s Syndrome??

Ck

I always attribute Asians as Ants due to large populations and constant work ethic, never top working or studying for better career. You can win the battle against ants like squashing them individually but very difficult to beat them in wars because of their perseverance and large numbers. Don’t believe me? Why do you think the mighty USA had to use nuke to defeat Japan, a small itty bitty island filled with Asians? Only country, only war in which nuke had to be used and that was to defeat an Asian nation. However, did we really defeat the Asians? I don’t think so, just look how prosperous Japan is today economically. Korean war was a draw and Vietnam war was a defeat for the US.

Jat Sakas are not skinny Dravi

This article says Indians are some of the dumbest people, yet Silicon Valley and the Spelling Bees are full of them.

Yeah….but who cares? You need food, water, and shelter for survival, not a high IQ.

Hispanic Americans have a higher life expectancy than American Whites…why is this? It’s because you don’t need a high IQ for survival, you need food, water, and shelter for survival.

Hispanic Americans have a significantly lower average IQ, income, and education level than American Whites…so why do they live longer?

In some states Hispanic Americans also have a higher life expectancy than Asian Americans as well.

In fact the Paleolithic people (often called the caveman or stoneage people) lived longer healthier lives than many supposedly “advanced” civilizations in history! The Paleolithic people were tall and athletic.

Gorillas in the wild have higher life expectancies than almost every human civilization in history did (around 35-40)!

Proper nutrition, physical exercise, and good sleeping habits are much much more useful for survival than an IQ above the high 80s it seems!

There are over 1 billion Indians and some of them must end up on the high end of the bell curve no matter what the average might be.

thai people

but ancient inventions did not come from jews and russians, but indians and chinese.

Yoleberry

There has been full integration for the most part in this country for over forty years. Blacks still lag behind whites and Asians in every part of the country. Even blacks raised in white areas. And some people explain this away as saying blacks don’t take tests as well.

Ironic

All people are equal under the law and in the eyes of God. But equality ends there. To expect that peoples in varying parts of the world living under vastly different conditions evolved with exactly the same physical and mental abilities over thousands of years is entirely illogical.

We’re talking AVERAGES here.

Any objective view of the sophistication and development of languages, inventions, mathematics, art, etc. would certainly note the huge gaps between different groups. As just one of many examples, Europeans were involved in advanced mathematics, geometry, writing, literature and physics at a time when certain African tribes didn’t even have words for individual numbers above the number 2. Today there are still several African and Aboriginal groups that essentially remain within the extremely low-performing categories. Today the average difference between Ashkenazi Jews and Pacific rim Asians on the one hand, and the Sub-Saharan African countries’ peoples on the other hand is 40+ points on the IQ scale. One can argue about the REASONS for the differences as they exist throughout the world, but the differences are real and undeniable by anyone who has taken the time to do even a cursory study of the matter.

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